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'''openTMS''' ('''Open Source Translation Management System''') is a [[Free and open-source software|free and open-source]] [[translation memories|translation memory system]] based entirely on open-source standards. The system relies heavily on [[XLIFF]], [[Translation Memory eXchange]] (TMX), [[TermBase eXchange|Termbase Exchange format]] (TBX) and accompanying standards to ensure a free and unencumbered exchange of translation and localization data. openTMS implements a standard translation workflow, but features a very fine-grained modularity that makes its adaptable to any conceivable workflow design.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

The following core models are identified:

* '''Security model''': This model describes the security aspects and requirements of OpenTMS. Other models use the security model to allow or restrict the access to OpenTMS specific functions. OpenTMS uses a security model which on the one side secures the [[communication channel]] and on the other side secures data (e.g. the value of elements in an xml file or the values in a property file).

* '''Data model''': Basically this model implements the database side of OpenTMS. It uses a generalized [[database model]], called data sources. Data sources are any kind of storage media for data, starting from plain text files towards SQL and other types of databases.

openTMS can be accessed directly through Java or through an [[XML-RPC]] server.

OpenTMS was initiated by the Forum Open Language Tools (FOLT) is a forum and working group of service providers in the field of translation and documentation. At first, it was just in the form of directives and [[white paper]]s that covering the use of a [[Free and open-source software|F/OSS]], open-standards-based, modular [[Translation memory|Translation Memory]] system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread13349msg169018.htm|title=OpenTMS Initiative : Other CAT Tools and Other Software for Translators : TranslatorsCafe.com Forums|website=www.translatorscafe.com|access-date=2018-08-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Investigation of the importance of translation memory systems in human translation|last=Eibner|first=Chantal|publisher=Diplomica Verlag|year=2011|isbn=9783842830615|location=|pages=66}}</ref> The basic objectives of FOLT are the support of standardised exchange formats, non-proprietary software and testing new translation technologies and methods amid the increasing globalization of knowledge. It is concerned with the overall workflow of multi-lingual documentation. From the generation of the original text to the production of texts in the target languages, highlighting any defects or lack of standards in the processes.

Later, Klemens Waldhor and Rainer Kemmler developed a cross-platform web-based system in [[Germany]], which implemented OpenTMS in Java.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Future of Translation Technology: Towards a World without Babel|last=Chan|first=Sin-Wai|publisher=Routledge|year=2016|isbn=9781138842045|location=Oxon|pages=199}}</ref> This featured basic translation memory functions, including pre-translation, concordance search, and configuration of matching rates.<ref name=":0" /> Today, this system has been discontinued and is being integrated into the OpenTM2<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.opentm2.org/|title=openTM2 {{!}} OpenTM2 open source program for managing and handling global translation projects|website=www.opentm2.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-02}}</ref> as a translation memory plugin or server-based component. This new system, on the other hand, originated from the IBM Translation Manager and provides a full-featured, enterprise-level translation workbench environment for professional translators.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Technology|last=Chan|first=Sin-Wai|publisher=Routledge|year=2014|isbn=9780415524841|location=New York|pages=19}}</ref>

openTMS is hosted as a [[SourceForge]] project here: [openTMS on SourceForge https://sourceforge.net/projects/open-tms]

# A [[Virtual machine|VM]] for Sun [[VirtualBox]] is hosted here: [openTMS http://www.opentms.de/?q=node/29]. This download also contains a [[php]] based Web [[Graphical user interface]].

# A [[Windows Installer|Windows installer]] (containing the XML-RPC server) is hosted here: [openTMS Windows Installer http://www.heartsome.de/arayatest/opentmsserver.exe]